diff --git a/oml/item/icons.py b/oml/item/icons.py
index 702fe5e..87a6a5b 100644
--- a/oml/item/icons.py
+++ b/oml/item/icons.py
@@ -3,16 +3,16 @@
 
 import os
 import sqlite3
-from concurrent.futures import ThreadPoolExecutor
 
 import tornado.concurrent
 import tornado.gen
 import tornado.ioloop
 import tornado.web
+from concurrent.futures import ThreadPoolExecutor
 from tornado.concurrent import run_on_executor
-import ox
 
-from settings import static_path
+
+from settings import icons_db_path, static_path
 from utils import resize_image, is_svg
 import db
 
@@ -125,18 +125,7 @@ class Icons(dict):
             c.close()
             conn.close()
 
-def get_icons_db_path():
-    import settings
-    import shutil
-
-    metadata = os.path.join(os.path.expanduser(settings.preferences['libraryPath']), 'Metadata')
-    ox.makedirs(metadata)
-    icons_db_path = os.path.join(metadata, 'icons.db')
-    old_icons_db_path = os.path.join(settings.data_path, 'icons.db')
-    if not os.path.exists(icons_db_path) and os.path.exists(old_icons_db_path):
-        print(icons_db_path, icons_db_path)
-        shutil.move(old_icons_db_path, icons_db_path)
-    return icons_db_path
+icons = Icons(icons_db_path)
 
 def get_icon_sync(id, type_, size):
     if size:
@@ -222,6 +211,3 @@ class IconHandler(tornado.web.RequestHandler):
         if self._finished:
             return
         self.write(response)
-
-
-icons = Icons(get_icons_db_path())
diff --git a/oml/item/scan.py b/oml/item/scan.py
index d700aea..c8c7a5a 100644
--- a/oml/item/scan.py
+++ b/oml/item/scan.py
@@ -210,14 +210,6 @@ def run_scan():
             logger.debug('%s items in library without a record', len(missing))
 
 def change_path(old, new):
-    old_icons = os.path.join(old, 'Metadata', 'icons.db')
-    new_icons = os.path.join(new, 'Metadata', 'icons.db')
-    if os.path.exists(old_icons) and not os.path.exists(new_icons):
-        ox.makedirs(os.path.dirname(new_icons))
-        shutil.move(old_icons, new_icons)
-        import item.icons
-        item.icons.icons = item.icons.Icons(new_icons)
-
     new_books = os.path.join(new, 'Books')
     if not os.path.exists(new_books):
         ox.makedirs(new)
diff --git a/oml/settings.py b/oml/settings.py
index 8b11142..59a6f77 100644
--- a/oml/settings.py
+++ b/oml/settings.py
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ if not os.path.exists(data_path):
 
 db_path = os.path.join(data_path, 'data.db')
 log_path = os.path.join(data_path, 'debug.log')
+icons_db_path = os.path.join(data_path, 'icons.db')
 ssl_cert_path = os.path.join(data_path, 'node.ssl.crt')
 ssl_key_path = os.path.join(data_path, 'tor', 'private_key')
 
diff --git a/oml/tor.py b/oml/tor.py
index f902b87..d9600e6 100644
--- a/oml/tor.py
+++ b/oml/tor.py
@@ -47,8 +47,6 @@ ControlPort 9831
 CookieAuthentication 1
                 '''.strip())
         tor_data = os.path.join(settings.data_path, 'TorData')
-        if sys.platform == 'win32':
-            tor_data = os.path.normpath(tor_data).replace(os.SEP, '/')
         if not os.path.exists(torrc):
             with open(torrc, 'w') as fd:
                 fd.write('''
diff --git a/oml/update.py b/oml/update.py
index 6a0c834..1725b03 100644
--- a/oml/update.py
+++ b/oml/update.py
@@ -602,9 +602,6 @@ def migrate_13():
     import json
     path = os.path.join(settings.data_path, 'peers', '%s.log' % settings.USER_ID)
     if not os.path.exists(path):
-        folder = os.path.dirname(path)
-        if not os.path.exists(folder):
-            os.makedirs(folder)
         with db.session() as session:
             revision = -1
             qs = changelog.Changelog.query.filter_by(user_id=settings.USER_ID)